AIA Newsletter 114 Spring 2024
AIA Newsletter 114
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Marzo 2024
AIA Summer School – “Place, Space, and Identity in the Anglophone World: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Insights” (9-12 July 2024, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara)
AIA Summer School Place, Space, and Identity in the Anglophone World: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Insights 9-12 July 2024 Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara The summer school in “Place, Space, and Identity in the Anglophone World: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Insights” aims to bring together students and early-career researchers and develop knowledge, methodologies, and new perspectives on the complex relationship between space, place, and identity. The evolving global scenario calls for a redefinition of temporal and spatial dimensions in terms of cosmopolitan, transnational, and transcultural practices. These, in turn, contribute to shaping new identities that are characterized by evolution and fluidity. People negotiate their relationships with the environments and the communities inscribing their identities onto physical spaces imbued with power dynamics, socio-economic factors, and cultural memory. Within this framework, the summer school intends to develop relevant theoretical approaches to investigate identity construction at the intersection of linguistic, literary, and cultural studies. The aim is to provide a forum to explore the multifaceted dialogue between space, place, and identity, and their mutual influences. Lectures and seminars will explore how – language engages with the pragmatic and discursive construction of space-place relationships in transnational contexts and their identitarian implications; – literature delves into the complexities of individual experience and amplifies marginalized voices, shedding light on the intersection of identity construction and categorization; – the agency of individuals and communities negotiates identities within spatial environments, navigating between belonging and exclusion, rootedness and mobility. More detailed information regarding the AIA Summer School, including sessions, speakers, and registration details, will be made available shortly. Please stay tuned for updates as the organising committee finalises these details.
CfP: BRNO Studies in English, Special Issue (proposed date, 2025) – Encounters with Water: An Ecolinguistic perspective
BRNO Studies in English, Special Issue (proposed date, 2025) Encounters with Water: An Ecolinguistic perspective Environmental issues have seldom ranked higher in the agendas of public debate. The emergent research paradigm of Ecolinguistics (Fill and Mühlhäusler 2001, Fill and Penz 2018) represents the response to the crisis by ecologically-minded linguists, who may critique underlying socio-cognitive frameworks (Halliday 1990) or dominant anti-ecological narratives (Stibbe 2015). Within this framework, the topic of water occupies a place that is hard to define: though manifestly essential to the survival not just of the human species but to all life forms supported by the Earth, it somehow slips away from our attention. To most first worlders it represents a gift that may easily be taken for granted, while indigenous peoples may be only too aware of issues with access to it (Jackson 2018). Eco-awareness in contemporary social movements is frequently associated with the colour green – with plants, trees, flowers, forests – yet these features of the lifescape depend on the nourishing presence of water, its natural cycles and rhythms. Underlying Ecolinguistics are a range of philosophical and spiritual positions that have been characterised by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess (1973) as consisting in either ‘shallow’ or ‘deep’ ecological perspectives. In the context of water, the former would refer to social practices that aim to guarantee access to this essential resource for human purposes like drinking, bathing or washing clothes. Such aspects reflect the instrumental view of Nature that typifies our current relationship with water as a resource, primarily as something that has an instrumental value. Deep ecology values water in a more profound sense. Of course, it would value and ‘venerate’ all the ‘ways and forms of life’ (Naess 1973: 95-6) that are found in seas, lakes and rivers. But more, it would seek to nurture a complete, holistic and open-hearted awareness of water as a vital element in our biosphere, and a respect for what it has represented historically and continues to represent today. Both approaches could support Ecolinguistic enquiries: for example, one could emphasise the social value of water, view it as the locus of modern territorial struggles in a context of droughts that motivate human migration. Water may be seen as a token for conflicts between industries that require water to run their factories and local populations who would rather see city parks enriched by unpolluted wetland environments. Alternatively, we could look with the eyes of artists and ecologists at water, towards those who have found spiritual meanings and unfolding identities in their ‘encounters with water’, meanings that connect denizens of the modern world with the ancient, traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples (Gottlieb 2004), and with some of the environmental voices from western literary and cultural traditions. Possible research areas for contributions include, but are not limited to, the following: Contributions should be theoretically grounded in any recognised sub-field of modern linguistics (Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Linguistic Ethnography, Critical Discourse Studies, Corpus Linguistics, Multimodality, Argumentation theory, Sociolinguistics, Ecostylistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Narrative theory, etc.). We also welcome contributions from other research fields which use one or more of these methodologies, in the spirit of expanding the range of Ecolinguistics as a research paradigm. Important dates: Abstract submission: 30th June, notification of acceptance 31st July Submission of paper: 31st December 2024 EMAIL for contributions: encounterswithwater@gmail.com References Fill, Alwin, and Peter Mühlhäusler. 2001. The Ecolinguistics Reader: Language, Ecology, and Environment. London: Continuum. Fill, Alwin, and Hermine Penz, eds. 2018. The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics. New York: Routledge. Gottlieb, Roger S., ed. 2004. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge. Halliday, M. A. K. 2010. On Language and Linguistics. London: Continuum. Jackson, Sue 2018. Indigenous peoples and water justice in a globalizing world. In Conca, K and Weinthal, E. (Eds). Oxford Handbook on Water Politics and Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Naess, Arne. 1973. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-range Ecology Movement. A Summary. Inquiry 16(1–4):95–100. Stibbe, Arran. 2015. Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Editors of the special issue: Douglas Mark Ponton dponton@unict.it University of Catania, Italy Cristina Arizzi, cristina.arizzi@unict.it University of Catania, Italy
AIA for PhD – Università di Catania (12 aprile 2024)
AIA for PhDUniversità di Catania12 aprile 2024 Scuola Superiore di Catania Aula Minutoli ore 10.30 – Saluti istituzionaliore 11.00 – Incontro del Direttivo con tutor, dottorandi/e e early career ore 13.00 – Light lunch ore 15.00 – Seminari dottoraliMariagrazia Nicolosi (Università di Catania): Literary/Cultural Studies: Patterns and PracticesMarianna Zummo (Università di Palermo): Digital Interactional Grounds and IdeologiesChiara Sciarrino (Università di Palermo): Irish Studies: Research Approaches and Data Collection TodayMarco Venuti (Università di Catania): A Path to a Successful Career. Critical Metaphor Analysis and Neoliberal Academiaore 17.00 – Dibattito e fine attività Le attività si terranno presso Villa San Saverio(Via Valdisavoia, 35) e in collegamento Teams Per partecipare è necessario compilare questo form
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CfP: Prospero, Rivista di Letterature e culture straniere – forthcoming general issue, volume XXIX (2024)
Prospero, Rivista di Letterature e culture straniere (A Journal of Foreign Literatures and cultures) University of Trieste, Italy, invites contributions for the forthcoming general issue, volume XXIX (2024). Prospero is a double-blind peer reviewed, printed and entirely openaccess journal, published annually by EUT, Trieste University Press. It is indexed by MLA, Erih+, DoAJ, ProQuest. It publishes articles and essays in the field of literary studies which consider texts and textual analysis from a wide hermeneutic, philological and historical perspective. It specifically focuses on literary studies considered in their interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary relationships with other cultural expressions.The 2024 issue invites proposals on literatures in English for the Anglophone section. Full articles, in English or Italian, should be comprised between 6000 and 10000 words, endnotes and bibliography included, according to the MLA style.An abstract of maximum 350 words in English and a short bionote should be sent by April 12, 2024 to Roberta Gefter Wondrich (gefter@units.it) and to the journal email address prospero@units.it.Contributors will be notified of acceptance of their abstracts by April 30, 2024, and full articles will be due by September 10, 2024, to ensure publication after the peer-review process early in December 2024.For queries and further information about the journal policy, please contact the editor in chief, Roberta Gefter Wondrich at gefter@units.it and visit the website at:https://www.openstarts.units.it/communities/bddf575c-df32-432c-a03d-cba533e93af5
CfP: Epidemic Remedies In Medical Writing (1500 – 1920), 18-19 June 2024
CfP: Epidemic Remedies In Medical Writing (1500 – 1920)18-19 June 2024 Department of Humanities – University Language CenterUniversity of Ferrara (FIRD Grant)remediesconference2023@unife.it https://www.unife.it/it/cla/progetti/epidemic-remedies-in-medical-writing-1500-1920-les-remedes-contre-les-epidemies-dans-les-ecritures-medicales-1500-1920?fbclid=IwAR2D4Xg7cSfpsMbbZFgHPlRbJY3W_J7imetkSP7mE0zuw0g7q5GfyIbi-1M This conference aims to discuss the representation of epidemic remedies in medical writing in England and in France between 1500 and 1920. Prospective presenters are invited to address epidemic remedies across five centuries, bearing three main methodological observations in mind. Firstly, the pivotal role of the plague and the Spanish influenza as opening and closing points to the selected timeframe. Secondly, the working definition of “remedy” as a cure “for a disease, disorder, injury, etc.; a medicine or treatment that promotes healing or alleviates symptoms.” (OED, remedy 2). This comprehensive definition intends to allow for historical specification and diachronic terminological variation, which the prospective presenters are invited to explore and specify. Thirdly, the definition of representation as “the process by which members of a culture use language (broadly defined as any system which deploys signs, any signifying system) to produce meaning” (Hall 1997: 61), with particular emphasis on language use at lexical and discourse level, as well as the interaction between semiotic systems (e.g. word and image).A vast body of research has explored medical writing across the centuries. Several of these studies have delved into how text types, discourses, and specialised vocabulary evolve diachronically (Gotti, 2006; Taavitsainen, 2006; Taavitsainen & Pahta, 2011; Taavitsainen et al., 2022) as well as into how they manifest synchronically (Gotti & Salager-Meyer, 2006). Remedies, too, have been addressed from a diachronic perspective (Jacobus et al., 1990; Laycock, 2008; Mullini, 2013).The present aim is not only to offer a diachronic perspective on the linguistic and visual representation of remedies, but also to focus on remedies prescribed during epidemics, with a view to better understanding the history of medical and health communication.Potential research questions straddle multiple standpoints – historical linguistics, the analysis of discourse, the analysis of lexis, as well as images – and multiple text types (medical treatises, medical dictionaries, periodical publications, medical advertisements through time). They include but are not limited to: – The lexical description of remedies in medical writing– The metaphorical description of remedies in medical writing– The rhetorical construction of ethos in medical writing dealing with epidemic remedies– The visual representation of remedies in medical writing– The visual representation of remedies in newspapers/magazines– The linguistic-visual construal of remedies in texts containing multiple semiotic systems (i.e. advertisements)– the insurgence of misinformation and disinformation in/about health communication (these categories may be epistemologically relevant in papers dealing with the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries) We invite proposals from a wide range of methodological perspectives. To name but a few: corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, historical lexicography and terminology, new historicism, cultural theory, epistemology, philosophy of science, gender medicine, and gender theory.Please submit a one-page abstract (ca. 200 – 300 words excluding references). Presentations (in English or in French) will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.All research papers should be delivered in person. All abstracts should be submitted to remediesconference2023@unife.it. All abstracts should be anonymised and include a title and up to five keywords. Key dates: – The call for papers opens on 15 January 2024.– The deadline for abstract submission is 30 March 2024.– Notification of acceptance (or rejection) will be sent out by 15 April 2024.– Registration commences on 1 May 2024.– The conference will take place from 18 to 19 June 2024. The conference is organized as part of the FIRD project “Il rimedio tra divulgazione scientifica e fake news in Francia e in Inghilterra nel XVI e nel XX secolo”, which is financed by the Department of Humanities at the University of Ferrara. Scientific and Organizing Committee: Dario Del Fante (Principal Investigator), Anna Anselmo, Daniele Speziari, Vera Gajiu. ReferencesGotti, M., & Salager-Meyer, F. (2006). Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis: Oral and Written Contexts. Retrieved from https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043716Hall, S. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage.Jacobus, M., Keller, E. F., & Shuttleworth, S. (1990). Body/politics: Women and the discourses of science. New York : Routledge. Retrieved from http://archive.org/details/bodypoliticswome00jacorich10.1007/978-1-4612-4618-3_9Jones, C. (1996). Plague and its Metaphors in Early Modern France. Representations, 53, pp. 97-127.Laycock, D. (2008). How Remedies Became a Field: A History. The Review of Litigation, 27(2), 164–267.Montagne, V. (2017). Médecine et rhétorique à la Renaissance. Le cas du traité de peste en langue vernaculaire. Paris: Classiques Garnier.Ramsey, M. (1982). Traditional Medicine and Medical Enlightenment: The Regulation of Secret Remedies in the Ancien Régime. Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, 9(1/2), 215–232.Taavitsainen, I., & Pahta, P. (2011). Medical Writing in Early Modern English. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.it/books?id=JI8ZDwfcalQCTaavitsainen, Irma. (2006). Audience guidance and learned medical writing in late medieval English. In M. Gotti & F. Salager-Meyer (Eds.), Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis (pp. 431–456). New York: Peter Lang.Taavitsainen, Irma, Hiltunen, T., Smith, J. J., & Suhr, C. (Eds.). (2022). Genre in English Medical Writing, 1500–1820: Sociocultural Contexts of Production and Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009105347Thomas, Daniel. (2022). La grippe espagnole 1918-1919. Le virus H1N1 et la grande pandémie du XXe siècle, Collection Les Cahiers de Rennes en sciences, 15, Rennes : ChantepieVinet, Freddy. (2018). La grande grippe 1918. La pire épidémie du siècle. Collection Chroniques. Paris: Vendémiaire
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CfP: Metaphors, Argumentation, and Institutions- 17-18 October, 2024, University of Turin, Italy
CfP: Metaphors, Argumentation, and Institutions – 17-18 October, 2024, University of Turin, Italy 17-18 October, 2024, University of Turin, Italy CIRM (Inter-University Research Centre on Metaphors – https://cirm.unige.it) announces its 2024 Annual Conference, which will look at metaphors in relation to their argumentative function in a wide range of institutional contexts. The concepts of metaphor and argumentation, which have always been central to the analysis of institutional discourse, will be investigated from different viewpoints and epistemological perspectives. We call for linguistic, discursive, and rhetorical-argumentative contributions, with a special focus on topics of economic, political, and social interest such as inclusion, sustainability, artificial intelligence and innovation, immigration, and economic development. Special attention should be given to national, European and non-European governmental institutions, international organisations, as well as educational, health, social, economic, and financial institutions. We welcome contributions that pursue the following research objectives: Proposals (a 250-word abstract including at least 5 bibliographical references, institutional affiliation and contact details) should be sent to convegnocirm2024@gmail.com by 30th April 2024. Important dates: 30/04/2024 deadline for submission of proposals. 31/05/2024 Notification of acceptance by CIRM Scientific Committee. 30/06/2024 Preliminary programme and opening of registration. 30/09/2024 Registration deadline and publication of the final programme. 17-18/10/2024 CIRM Conference. 31/12/2024 Deadline for submission of papers for publication. The conference proceedings (peer-reviewed) will be published in the series “I Quaderni del CIRM” (TAB edizioni) in 2025. The conference will be in hybrid modality. In-person attendance will take place at the Department of Economics, Social Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS), Corso Unione Sovietica 218/bis, Turin. Organising committee: Cecilia Boggio (cecilia.boggio@unito.it) Ilaria Cennamo (ilaria.cennamo@unito.it) Ilaria Parini (ilaria.parini@unito.it) Scientific Committee: Michelangelo Conoscenti (University of Turin) Annamaria Contini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) Ruggero Druetta (University of Turin) Elisabetta Gola (University of Cagliari) Adriana Orlandi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) Paola Paissa (University of Turin) Ilaria Rizzato (University of Genoa) Micaela Rossi (University of Genoa) Daniela Francesca Virdis (University of Cagliari)
Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English”Università di Verona, 14-15 marzo 2024
Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English”Università di Verona, 14-15 marzo 2024 Si terrà dal 14 al 15 marzo l’International Conference “Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English” organizzata dal Dott. Cristiano Ragni (Università di Verona), in cui si discuteranno adattamenti e riscritture dei miti classici nella letteratura contemporanea in lingua inglese e ci si interrogherà sul loro significato nel mondo di oggi. Saranno previsti interventi di: Chiara Battisti, Silvia Bigliazzi, Petra Bjelica, Sidia Fiorato, Chiara Lombardi, Justine McConnell, Cristiano Ragni, Angelo Righetti, Emanuel Stelzer, Savina Stevanato e Elena Theodorakopoulos. Nel pomeriggio del 14 marzo, avrà luogo contestualmente una public reading della poetessa e saggista Ruth Padel aperta alla cittadinanza. Appuntamento a giovedì 14 marzo dalle 15.00 presso Sala Farinati della Biblioteca Civica di Verona e venerdì 15 marzo dalle 10.00 presso l’Aula Messedaglia del Chiostro Santa Maria delle Vittorie. Per il collegamento Zoom, scrivere a: skene@ateneo.univr.it